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Historical Recipes

A Rare Recipe From a Talented Chef Enslaved by a Founding Father

Despite James Hemings’s leading role in Jefferson’s kitchen, he’s credited with only a handful of recipes.

Natasha Frost August 6, 2020

How Historical Societies Are Bringing Their Recipes to Pandemic Cooks

Food has become an important tool for connection.

Anne Ewbank July 17, 2020

How a Black-Owned 19th-Century Tavern Became the Birthplace of a Beloved Cookie

Joe Froggers tell a story of Black business ownership, slavery, and seafaring in Massachusetts.

Reina Gattuso June 18, 2020

Cook Like an Ancient Mesopotamian With the World’s Oldest Recipes

Age-old cuisine, from soup to sweets.

Jess Eng June 17, 2020

6 Comfort Foods Born of Historic Times of Discomfort

When the going got tough, the tough left recipes.

Luke Fater June 9, 2020

Eat Like a 19th-Century Shaker With This Simple Lemon Pie

There’s never been a better time for this forgotten frugal classic.

Sam O'Brien May 15, 2020

colonial america

Make a Colonial American Cocktail With Ale, Rum, and Fire

The smoky, creamy Hot Ale Flip is a testament to crude ingenuity.

Luke Fater May 13, 2020

How to Make a 5,000-Year-Old Energy Bar

Eat like ancient Great Plains hunters with this simple recipe.

Sam O'Brien April 30, 2020

Even More Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times to Make at Home

For every crisis, a recipe.

Luke Fater April 27, 2020

7 Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times That You Can Make at Home

Use every last crumb with these feats of culinary creativity.

Sam O'Brien March 30, 2020

Mexico, Philippines

Atching Lillian Restaurant

In her ancestral home, one chef preserves ancient Filipino recipes and serves up traditional, home-cooked food to history-loving foodies.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Pueblo Harvest

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Chatham Artillery Punch

"As a vanquisher of men its equal has never been found."

Agra ka Petha

The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.

Asitane Restaurant

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

Emily Dickinson's Black Cake

This brandy-spiked recipe reveals the reclusive poet was actually a well-known baker.

Hartford Election Cake

These massive, booze-filled cakes once made voting sweet.

Artificial Asses' Milk

Donkey milk was once so coveted that people used snails to make an artificial version.